Amazon India plans to more than double its headcount in logistics and delivery space in seven months as it pushes ahead with its offer of providing shipping services to sellers registered on the ecommerce portal.
“The delivery (and logistics team) will touch 14,000 by July,”It currently has 6,000 people in this team An executive said the company will first increase its headcount to 9,000 by March.
After the hiring, Amazon will have the largest delivery and logistics team among e-commerce players in the country, beating Flipkart that has a 12,000-strong team handling about 85% of goods sold on the portal.
A spokeswoman for Amazon India confirmed aggressive hiring plans, but declined to share details. “Encouraged by our growth and plans for the year ahead we have outlined an aggressive hiring plan across all aspects of our business,” she said.